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Assembly constituency 14 · Karnataka

Khanapur is assembly constituency number 14 in Karnataka, in Belgaum district, and one of the segments of the Uttara Kannada Lok Sabha seat. In the 2023 election Vithal Somanna Halagekar of the Bharatiya Janata Party won with 57.0% of the vote, 54,629 votes ahead of Dr. Anjali Hemant Nimbalkar (INC).

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Khanapur · 2023AC 14
  1. 01
    Vithal Somanna Halagekar
    BJP
    91,834
    57.04%
  2. 02
    Dr. Anjali Hemant Nimbalkar
    INC
    37,205
    23.11%
  3. 03
    Bagawan Nasir Papulsab
    JD(S)
    15,600
    9.69%
  4. 04
    Muralidhar Ganapati Patil
    Independent
    9,671
    6.01%
  5. 05
    Sitaram Maruti Sutar
    Independent
    1,382
    0.86%
  6. 8 other candidates · 4,085 votesNOTA · 1,236 (0.77%)

Margin 54,629 votes · 33.93% of valid votes

2,14,456
Registered electors
2023 election
75.1%
Turnout
+0.4 pts vs 2018
54,629
Victory margin
33.9% of valid votes
May 2023 · candidate-wise result

All 13 candidates, ranked by votes. Vote share is of the 1,61,013 valid votes, NOTA included.

Khanapur 2023 assembly election result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Vithal Somanna HalagekarMale · 60 yrsBJP91,834
57.04%
2Dr. Anjali Hemant NimbalkarFemale · 46 yrsINC37,205
23.11%
3Bagawan Nasir PapulsabMale · 65 yrsJD(S)15,600
9.69%
4Muralidhar Ganapati PatilMale · 59 yrsIndependent9,671
6.01%
5Sitaram Maruti SutarMale · 39 yrsIndependent1,382
0.86%
—NOTANOTA1,236
0.77%
6Krishnaji Pundalik PatilMale · 54 yrsSS(UBT)983
0.61%
7Irfanahmed TalikotiMale · 41 yrsIndependent732
0.45%
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8R B PatilMale · 44 yrsIndependent646
0.40%
9Suresh Laxman PatilMale · 38 yrsIndependent502
0.31%
10Yallappa Fakirapa KolakarMale · 41 yrs · SCIndependent412
0.26%
11Laxman Yallappa BannarMale · 62 yrs · STIndependent357
0.22%
12Ramesh Bhimappa MannuddarMale · 30 yrs · SCKRS275
0.17%
13Raju PujariMale · 52 yrsKRPP178
0.11%
Past results

The seat changed hands: INC won in 2018, BJP in 2023.

0%20%40%60%2008201320182023BJP 57.0%INC 23.1%JD(S) 9.7%
Vote share, % of valid votes. Hover or focus a year for exact values.
2023Vithal Somanna HalagekarBJP · 57.0% · margin 54,629Turnout75.1%
2018Dr. Anjali Hemant NimbalkarINC · 23.8% · margin 5,133Turnout74.7%
2013Arvind Chandrakant PatilIndependent · 27.5% · margin 16,152Turnout72.8%
2008Pralhad RemaniBJP · 31.7% · margin 11,654Turnout70.3%

General elections since the 2008 delimitation. Results from before the current boundaries are not compared.

Khanapur result 2018

Khanapur 2018 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Dr. Anjali Hemant NimbalkarINC36,649
23.76%
2Vithal HalagekarBJP31,516
20.44%
3Bagwan Nasir PapulsabJD(S)27,272
17.68%
4Arvind Chandrakant PatilIndependent26,613
17.26%
5Vilas Krishna BelgaonkarIndependent17,851
11.58%
6Jothiba Pralhad RemaniIndependent5,898
3.82%
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7Krishnaji Pundalik PatilIndependent2,153
1.40%
—NOTANOTA1,561
1.01%
8Yashavanth Thimanna NippanikarINCP1,326
0.86%
9Shrikant Hanmant BhajantriIndependent1,171
0.76%
10Desai Meghana ChandrakantAIMEP843
0.55%
11Laxman Yallappa BannarIndependent798
0.52%
12Mahadev Yallappa ShindolkarIndependent568
0.37%

Khanapur result 2013

Khanapur 2013 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Arvind Chandrakant PatilIndependent37,055
27.47%
2Rafique Khatalsab KhanapuriINC20,903
15.50%
3Dr: Anjalitai NimbalkarIndependent17,686
13.11%
4Pralhad Kallappa RemaniBJP16,021
11.88%
5Bagawan Nasir PapulsabJD(S)15,052
11.16%
6Baburao Govind DesaiKJP14,502
10.75%
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7Vittal Somanna HalagekarIndependent3,087
2.29%
8Patil Rajgopal IrappaIndependent2,401
1.78%
9Suresh Vittalrao DesaiIndependent1,988
1.47%
10Anthon Zuvava MendossaIndependent1,728
1.28%
11Nagappa(baburao) Narayana PatilIndependent1,612
1.20%
12Alimaakthar S NayikBSP1,332
0.99%
13Raju Kempanna KhatedarJD(U)869
0.64%
14Yashawant NippaanikarIndependent654
0.48%

Khanapur result 2008

Khanapur 2008 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Pralhad RemaniBJP36,288
31.71%
2Rafique Khatalsab KhanapuriINC24,634
21.52%
3Digambar Yashawantarao PatilIndependent9,684
8.46%
4Komal Padmappa JinagondIndependent6,773
5.92%
5Aravind Chandrakant PatilIndependent6,020
5.26%
6Mahadev P MaragaleIndependent4,424
3.87%
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7D M GuravIndependent3,054
2.67%
8Mugutsab Kasimsab DharwadiIndependent2,878
2.51%
9Nasir Papulsab BagwanJD(S)2,776
2.43%
10Vaishali Ashok PatilIndependent2,634
2.30%
11Patil Muralidhar GanapathraoIndependent2,472
2.16%
12Amboji Chandrashekar BasappaSP2,334
2.04%
13H. N. DesaiIndependent2,128
1.86%
14Chennu MalligewadIndependent1,042
0.91%
15Babu Veerabhadrappa MulimaniIndependent1,012
0.88%
16Patil Khemanna MareppaShiv Sena989
0.86%
17Koshavarsagar MallappaBSP945
0.83%
18Ashok Narayan BendreRAHS931
0.81%
19Parashuram Huavappa KarambalkarIndependent853
0.75%
20Patil Rajgopal IrappaLJP700
0.61%
21Vasant Fakirappa MadarIndependent637
0.56%
22Arjun Balkrishan PatilIndependent623
0.54%
23Kolekar Tukaram NagappaIndependent619
0.54%
Map

Khanapur outlined in orange among the other Karnataka seats, coloured by the party that won each in 2023. Click any seat to open its page.

Other seats in Belgaum district

Boundaries are approximate (DataMeet, from ECI polling-station maps) and are for orientation only.

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Lok Sabha 2024 in this segment

Khanapur is one of the assembly segments of Uttara Kannada. These are the EVM votes counted in this segment for the leading Uttara Kannada candidates.

  • Vishweshwar Hegde KageriBJP1,07,978 67.0%
  • Dr. Anjali NimbalkarINC48,148 29.9%
  • Niranjan Udaysinh SirdesaiIndependent2,293 1.4%
  • Rajshekhar. Shankar. Hindalagi.Independent786 0.5%
  • Ganapati HegdeSUCI647 0.4%

In the assembly election BJP won this seat. In the Lok Sabha vote, BJP led here by 59,830 EVM votes.

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FAQ

Answers use the official Election Commission of India results for Khanapur.

Who won the Khanapur assembly seat in 2023?

Vithal Somanna Halagekar of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won Khanapur in the 2023 Karnataka assembly election with 91,834 votes, which was 57.04% of the valid votes polled.

What was the victory margin in Khanapur?

The margin was 54,629 votes (33.93% of valid votes). The runner-up was Dr. Anjali Hemant Nimbalkar of the Indian National Congress with 37,205 votes.

What was the voter turnout in Khanapur in 2023?

Turnout was 75.09%: 1,61,043 of 2,14,456 registered electors voted, across 255 polling stations. That is 0.4 points higher than in 2018.

Which Lok Sabha constituency is Khanapur part of?

Khanapur is an assembly segment of the Uttara Kannada Lok Sabha constituency in Karnataka. In the 2024 Lok Sabha election, Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri got the most EVM votes in this segment.

Is Khanapur a reserved constituency?

No. Khanapur is a general (unreserved) seat, so any eligible candidate can contest.

When is the next assembly election in Khanapur?

The Karnataka assembly elected in 2023 completes its five-year term in 2028, so the next general election is due by then unless the assembly is dissolved early. The Election Commission of India announces the exact schedule.

Source: Election Commission of India, statistical reports for the Karnataka assembly elections of 2023 and 2018 and 2013 and 2008 (2023 report) — detailed results and constituency data summary. Lok Sabha figures: ECI 2024 report 34, assembly segment details. Vote share is of valid votes including NOTA. Party names as listed by ECI. Candidate names are shown as filed; spelling follows ECI.

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